Category: Misc

At about 1.00AM this morning, my immediate neighbourhood was hit by a power cut – the first I can recall for quite some time. If it wasn’t for the fact that I was working on the computer, I’d have probably not have realised until the morning came around and I saw clocks all flashing 00:00.…

I last went to the Boat Show about five or six years ago, and must admit that I had a thoroughly good time. It’s full of large vessels for which you must earn millions to even think about owning. But there’s more to it than that. I suppose it comes of being an island race…

Sadly we’ve now seen the last of the mail trains, with Of course many remember the wonderful WH Auden poem, Night Mail (copyright Faber & Faber), which was commissioned by the GPO for a 1936 film. Sometime television companies are so slow. The date for this has been known for sometime, and surely repeat of…

Why is it that I always feel that WAGN are screwing us poor commuters on the Hertford Loop? To explain for a moment, you need to know that going north from Kings Cross, there is a mainline operated by GNER, and two commuter lines operated by WAGN. One of these lines runs parallel to the…

I suppose that it’s a little strange in these days of weblogs where we share our innermost secrets with the world at large, that anyone should keep an “analogue” diary – that is to say paper-based. Well actually, I don’t share my “innermost” thoughts here you’ll be sorry to hear. What kind of fool do…

So one of my resolutions this year is to use this site more and post frequently. You might say that this is a feeble attempt at me to get an entry into Jan 2 before I go to bed. And to be honest you’re not far wrong. Here are some things I learnt today: 1.…

So what else can go wrong? My washing machine’s leaking. My hot water was first not working, then worked briefly, and now isn’t working again. My portable telly flickers a lot before it has “warmed up” enought. My cable TV came to a complete halt. My bathroom fan just splutters rather than fans. Aaaargh. Happy…

A true story about the day before the day before Christmas. Not too many people were going to be in work on Christmas Eve, but I was one of them. However I’d be getting away from work early to head down to Norfolk to visit my parents. So on the 23rd I happily went along…

Congratulations to young Harry Bowie, my nephew, on his baptism today. (What a coincidence that he was born the day Saddam’s statue toppled, and was baptised the day Saddam was captured – I wouldn’t want to read too much into all that).

I managed to get some tickets to the West End transfer of Jumpers a week or so ago. I’d never seen this play before – originally produced in the early 70s. Simon Russell Beale is outstanding however as the poor confused philosopher married to his philandering wife (Essie Davis was “indisposed” for the performance I…

Dave Gorman happily showed up on both BBC London and Virgin last Friday to plug his new show – Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure. Anyway, I’ve never purposefully tried Googlewhacking before so I just had a go. It took me a while, but I’m happy to report that “Tertiary” and “Evisceral” produced the desired result. Well…

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